Change of emphasis shortcut

[Richard Kimberly Heck]

On 7/29/23 13:51, Daniel wrote:
> On 2023-07-29 18:21, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote:
>> On 7/24/23 14:35, Daniel wrote:
>>> On 2023-07-13 10:48, Daniel wrote:
>>>> Hi!
>>>>
>>>> With LyX 2.4, the shortcut for toggling emphasis will be changed 
>>>> from Command+E to Command+Ctrl+E. I find that latter shortcut quite 
>>>> hard to use (there is a reason why Alt+Ctl+Delete are the "Security 
>>>> Keys") while emphasis is maybe my single most used function with a 
>>>> shortcut (after cut, copy, paste). So, this cumbersome shortcut is 
>>>> quite annoying to me.
>>>>
>>>> Of course I can easily change the shortcut myself via the settings 
>>>> and fix the problem for me. But I am wondering whether there is a 
>>>> better shortcut for this by default. The developers have not come 
>>>> up with ideas so far or do not see the problem as severe. So, I am 
>>>> wondering whether someone on the users list has an input on this.
>>>>
>>>> As a background: In LyX 2.4, the Command+E shortcut is currently 
>>>> assigned to set the search string on macOS. (A feature of macOS 
>>>> that some applications support but I was unaware of previously and 
>>>> I know no one else who uses it. I guess that is generally true and 
>>>> why it took so long until someone came up with introducing it in LyX.)
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>> Daniel
>>>
>>> Looks like no one came up with a similarly good shortcut as the old 
>>> one. That might not be too surprising. Unfortunately, it will leave 
>>> macOS users in the dust with the next major version.
>>
>> I myself tend to set Ctrl-I for emphasis, which is what most 
>> applications use. Of course, they mean "Italic", not emphasis, but 
>> it's what I'm used to.
>>
>> Riki
>
> Interesting. And I like the idea of having cross-application 
> shortcuts. However, on macOS Cmd-I is "inset-toggle". Is it not used 
> for that on Linux by default?

Yes, but I changed it locally long ago. I think the current assignment 
is mostly historical.

Riki